AlterNet's Apparent Truth Aversion

10-12-11

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I guess I was wrong about AlterNet. I thought they were one of the better sources online for the truth and substance that is nowhere to be found in the complicit corporate mainstream media. But it seems there's a limit to their acceptance of the truth, which I discovered when I tried to share some regarding Barack Obama in the comment section following one of their articles yesterday.

The piece, written by Robert Kuttner, is titled "Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley Could Be Headed Toward Collapse – Will Obama Have the Guts to Do the Right Thing This Time?"

After reading the article I posted the following comment, written here in its entirety, exactly as it appeared on the AlterNet site, which was immediately deleted:

Obama made clear what he is made of during one of the final debates before the 2008 election, when he refused to address the pending first Wall Street bailout, about which the entire country was screaming NO (including a group of more than 300 economists who signed a letter to congress detailing exactly why it was a bad idea), and then voted FOR it.

And that's far from the only example of this president showing his true colors. Early this year he remained silent while there were 100,000 people in the streets of Madison, Wisconsin protesting for workers' rights, after promising as a candidate to put on a pair of comfortable shoes and walk the streets with them as president of the United States if their rights were being threatened.

As a state senator in 2003, he proudly proclaimed himself a supporter of single payer universal healthcare, but cautioned that first his party had to take back the House, Senate and White House. All those things happened, of course, but as president he refused to even invite single payer advocates to the table at his White House "healthcare summit." If you think his healthcare law is anything close to single payer, there's a bridge in Brooklyn the cops would love to let you march across. And they won't arrest you. Promise.

As a US senator, he said he would vote against the new FISA bill that granted immunity to telecoms that assisted in Bush's warrantless wiretapping program, going as far as promising to filibuster if necessary, then voted FOR the bill.

As a presidential candidate, he promised that his first act as president would be to bring all our soldiers home and end the Iraq war. He emphasized this promise by saying "You can take that to the bank." Nearly three years after that first day in office, thousands of soldiers remain In Iraq.

As president, he has refused to even attempt holding the Bush administration accountable for their extensively documented crimes against humanity and our Constitution, saying we need to look forward, not back. He has not only accepted full ownership of Bush's illegal wars of aggression, but has started several of his own.

This could go on for a while. But these few examples alone prove beyond any doubt that Obama is just another pretender.

No swears, no threats (I do not believe in violence and never have), no personal attacks on other commenters. Just a bunch of truth about Barack Obama that is all easily verifiable.

Thinking the deletion was the result of a temporary glitch I posted the comment again, remembering that the same thing had happened there recently, and when I posted a second time the comment stayed. But this time it was again immediately deleted. At this point I sent AlterNet a cordial message describing what happened and asking if they would like to explain. Their site says they read each and every message they get, but I got no response. Late in the day I decided to give the comment one more shot, posting it a third time. And for the third time, it was immediately deleted.

Apparently AlterNet is only okay with the truth until it cuts a little too close to their thinly disguised Obamapologist identity. Sorry, folks. Needless perpetual war, a complete lack of accountability, naked subservience to corporate interests and hollow lip service about improving our decimated economy are not acceptable just because your guy is in the White House. If you can't handle things as they really are, perhaps you need to stop pretending you're alternative.